The year is 2023. It’s been one year since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson…
Focus Tag: Public Health
How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation | Nieman Journalism Lab
On November 8, 2021, the American Heart Association journal Circulation published a 300-word abstract of a research paper warning that…
Belief correlations with parental vaccine hesitancy: Results from a national survey | American Anthropologist
Abstract We conducted a nationally representative survey of parents’ beliefs and self-reported behaviors regarding childhood vaccinations. Using Bayesian selection among…
The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier | The New York Times
The mother of four brought her children, ranging in age from grade school to high school, to the doctor’s office…
Disinformation Governance Board ‘paused’ after just 3 weeks | The Washington Post
Nina Jankowicz was the subject of online attacks from the moment she was named head of the newly created Disinformation…
Vaccine Misinformation, Parenting, and the COVID-19 Death Toll | NPR
Any hour now, the U.S. is expected to officially mark one million lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health correspondent…
Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads | BBC News
When Hana found out she was pregnant, she knew she wanted to have an abortion - but her search for…
How vaccine misinformation made the COVID-19 death toll worse | NPR
As the U.S. nears one million deaths from COVID-19, analysis finds nearly a third of those deaths could have been…
Abortion Misinformation Surges on Facebook, Twitter After Leak | Bloomberg
Conspiracy theorists have latched on to the debate over US abortion rights on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok, leading to…
How to Protect Your Digital Privacy if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls | WIRED
A LEAKED UNITED States Supreme Court draft opinion published by Politico on Monday and soon after authenticated by Chief Justice John Roberts is…